VERDI: Don Carlo (Christoff, Filippeschi, Gobbi) (1954)

This 1954 recording was the first studio realisation of the four-act 1884 version of Don Carlo and did much to introduce a wider public to the majesty of Verdi�s score. When the recording was reviewed in The Gramophone in November 1955 it commented:�Gobbi goes from strength to strength � Rodrigo�s noble death scene elicits from this artist some of the loveliest baritone singing I have ever heard on record.With the cardinal r�les of the King and Posa finely done, with beautifully moulded tone-colour and phrasing �, for the contributions of Gobbi and Christoff, the bloom of Stella�s voice and for the sublime ultra-Verdian splendours of this score, lovingly handled by Santini, the set will repay attention�.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Verdi, Giuseppe
Méry, François-Joseph - Lyricist
Du Locle, Camille - Lyricist
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Clabassi, Plinio (bass)
Rome Opera House Chorus (Choir)
Filippeschi, Mario (tenor)
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Nicolai, Elena (mezzo-soprano)
Di Lelio, Loretta (soprano)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Caroli, Paolo (tenor)
Moscucci, Orietta (soprano)
Neri, Giulio (bass)
1Act I Scene 1: Prelude02:11
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
2Act I Scene 1: Carlo, il sommo imperatore (Chorus, Monk)04:31
Clabassi, Plinio (bass)
Rome Opera House Chorus (Choir)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
3Act I Scene 1: Io l'ho perduta! (Carlo, Monk)04:19
Filippeschi, Mario (tenor)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Clabassi, Plinio (bass)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
4Act I Scene 1: E lui! Desso … l'Infante! (Rodrigo, Carlo)04:41
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
Filippeschi, Mario (tenor)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
5Act I Scene 1: Dio, che nell'alma infondere (Carlo, Rodrigo)04:43
Filippeschi, Mario (tenor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
6Act I Scene 2: Sotto ai folti, immensi abeti (Chorus, Tebaldo, Eboli)03:48
Rome Opera House Chorus (Choir)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Nicolai, Elena (mezzo-soprano)
Di Lelio, Loretta (soprano)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
7Act I Scene 2: Nei giardin del bello (Eboli, Tebaldo, Chorus)05:22
Rome Opera House Chorus (Choir)
Nicolai, Elena (mezzo-soprano)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Di Lelio, Loretta (soprano)
8Act I Scene 2: La Regina! … Un'arcana mestizia (Chorus, Eboli, Elizabeth, Tebaldo, Rodrigo)04:21
Rome Opera House Chorus (Choir)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Nicolai, Elena (mezzo-soprano)
Di Lelio, Loretta (soprano)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
9Act I Scene 2: Carlo, ch'e solo il nostro amore (Rodrigo, Eboli, Elizabeth)03:09
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Nicolai, Elena (mezzo-soprano)
10Act I Scene 2: Io vengo a domandar (Carlo, Elizabeth)08:24
Filippeschi, Mario (tenor)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
11Act I Scene 2: Il Re! … Perche sola e la Regina? (Tebaldo, Philip, Chorus)01:19
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Rome Opera House Chorus (Choir)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
Di Lelio, Loretta (soprano)
12Act I Scene 2: Non pianger, mia compagna (Elizabeth, Chorus, Rodrigo, Philip)02:45
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Rome Opera House Chorus (Choir)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
13Act I Scene 2: Restate! Presso al mia persona (Philip, Rodrigo)02:37
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
14Act I Scene 2: O signor, di Fiandra arrivo (Rodrigo, Philip)03:20
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
15Act I Scene 2: Questa e la pace che voi date al mondo? (Rodrigo, Philip)03:17
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
16Act I Scene 2: Oso lo sguardo tuo penetrar il mio soglio? (Philip, Rodrigo)03:42
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
17Act II Scene 1: Prelude03:11
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
18Act II Scene 1: A mezzanotte ai giardin della Regina … (Carlo, Eboli, Rodrigo)05:01
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Filippeschi, Mario (tenor)
Nicolai, Elena (mezzo-soprano)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
19Act II Scene 1: Al mio furor sfuggite invano (Eboli, Rodrigo, Carlo)01:48
Filippeschi, Mario (tenor)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Nicolai, Elena (mezzo-soprano)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
20Act II Scene 1: Ed io, che tremava al suo aspetto! (Eboli, Rodrigo, Carlo)01:18
Rome Opera House Chorus (Choir)
Nicolai, Elena (mezzo-soprano)
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Filippeschi, Mario (tenor)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
21Act II Scene 1: Trema per te, falso figliuolo (Eboli, Carlo, Rodrigo)01:24
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Nicolai, Elena (mezzo-soprano)
Filippeschi, Mario (tenor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
22Act II Scene 1: Carlo, se mai su te fogli importanti serbi (Rodrigo, Carlo)02:18
Filippeschi, Mario (tenor)
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
Disc 2
1Act II Scene 2: Spuntato ecco il di d'esultanza (Chorus of People, Chorus of Monks)07:11
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
Rome Opera House Chorus (Choir)
2Act II Scene 2: Schiusa or sia la porta del tempio! (Royal Herald, All)01:09
Caroli, Paolo (tenor)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
3Act II Scene 2: Nel posar sul mio capo la corona (Philip, All, Elizabeth, Rodrigo, Carlo, Deputies)03:54
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Filippeschi, Mario (tenor)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
4Act II Scene 2: A Dio voi foste infidi (Philip, Elizabeth, Carlo, Rodrigo, Tebaldo, Deputies, Chorus of People, Chorus of Monks)02:39
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Filippeschi, Mario (tenor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
5Act II Scene 2: Sire! Egli e tempo ch'io viva (Carlo, Philip, Elizabeth, Rodrigo, All)02:19
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Filippeschi, Mario (tenor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
6Act II Scene 2: O ciel! Tu, Rodrigo! (Carlo, All, Philip, Chorus of People, Chorus of Monks, A Voice from Heaven, Deputies)03:11
Filippeschi, Mario (tenor)
Rome Opera House Chorus (Choir)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Moscucci, Orietta (soprano)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
7Act III Scene 1: Prelude03:03
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
8Act III Scene 1: Ella giammai m'amo! (Philip)02:47
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
9Act III Scene 1: Dormiro sol nel manto mio regal (Philip)04:39
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
10Act III Scene 1: Il Grand' Inquisitor! (Count of Lerma, Inquisitor, Philip)03:30
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Caroli, Paolo (tenor)
Neri, Giulio (bass)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
11Act III Scene 1: Nell'ispano suol mai l'eresia domino (Inquisitor, Philip)05:45
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
Neri, Giulio (bass)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
12Act III Scene 1: Giustizia, giustizia, Sire! (Elizabeth, Philip, Eboli, Rodrigo)02:50
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Nicolai, Elena (mezzo-soprano)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
13Act III Scene 1: Ah, sii maledetto, sospetto fatale (Philip, Rodrigo, Eboli, Elizabeth)04:03
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Nicolai, Elena (mezzo-soprano)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
14Act III Scene 1: Pieta, pieta, perdon (Eboli, Elizabeth)03:33
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Nicolai, Elena (mezzo-soprano)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
15Act III Scene 1: O don fatale (Eboli)05:02
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Nicolai, Elena (mezzo-soprano)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
16Act III Scene 2: Son io, mio Carlo (Rodrigo, Carlo)03:35
Filippeschi, Mario (tenor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
17Act III Scene 2: Per me giunto e il di supremo (Rodrigo)03:00
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
18Act III Scene 2: Che parli tu di morte? (Carlo, Rodrigo)01:57
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Filippeschi, Mario (tenor)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
19Act III Scene 2: O Carlo, ascolta (Rodrigo)03:55
Gobbi, Tito (baritone)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
20Act III Scene 2: Mio Carlo, a te la spada io rendo (Philip, Carlo, Grandees, Chorus of People, Count of Lerma, Eboli, Inquisitor)03:25
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Filippeschi, Mario (tenor)
Nicolai, Elena (mezzo-soprano)
Caroli, Paolo (tenor)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
Disc 3
1Act IV: Introduction02:34
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
2Act IV: Tu che la vanita (Elizabeth)08:12
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
3Act IV: E dessa! … Un detto, un sol (Carlo, Elizabeth)01:45
Filippeschi, Mario (tenor)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
4Act IV: Vago sogno m'arrise (Carlo, Elizabeth)03:26
Filippeschi, Mario (tenor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
5Act IV: Ma lassu ci vedremo (Carlo, Elizabeth)04:00
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
Filippeschi, Mario (tenor)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
6Act IV: Si, per sempre! (Philip, Inquisitor, Elizabeth, Carlo, Monk, Guards)01:38
Neri, Giulio (bass)
Stella, Antonietta (soprano)
Rome Opera House Orchestra (Orchestra)
Christoff, Boris (bass)
Filippeschi, Mario (tenor)
Santini, Gabriele (Conductor)
Björling, Jussi (tenor)
Markow, Emil (bass)
RCA Victor Orchestra (Orchestra)
Merrill, Robert (baritone)
RCA Victor Chorus (Choir)
Cellini, Renato (Conductor)
7Don Carlo, Act I Scene 1: Io l'ho perduta! … Dio, che nell'alma infondere10:33
Björling, Jussi (tenor)
Markow, Emil (bass)
RCA Victor Orchestra (Orchestra)
Merrill, Robert (baritone)
RCA Victor Chorus (Choir)
Cellini, Renato (Conductor)
Thebom, Blanche (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
8Don Carlo, Act I Scene 2: Nei giardin del bello03:38
Thebom, Blanche (mezzo-soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Pinza, Ezio (bass)
Cleva, Fausto (Conductor)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
9Don Carlo, Act III Scene 1: Ella giammai m'amo! … Dormiro sol nel manto mio regal06:44
Pinza, Ezio (bass)
Cleva, Fausto (Conductor)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Studio orchestra (Orchestra)
Anderson, Marian (contralto)
Collingwood, Lawrance (Conductor)
10Don Carlo, Act III Scene 1: O don fatale04:15
Studio orchestra (Orchestra)
Anderson, Marian (contralto)
Collingwood, Lawrance (Conductor)
Studio orchestra (Orchestra)
Battistini, Mattia (baritone)
Sabajno, Carlo (Conductor)
11Felice ancor io son … Per me giunto e il di supremo03:41
Studio orchestra (Orchestra)
Battistini, Mattia (baritone)
Sabajno, Carlo (Conductor)
12O Carlo, ascolta04:22
Sabajno, Carlo (Conductor)
Battistini, Mattia (baritone)
Studio orchestra (Orchestra)
Weissmann, Frieder (Conductor)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Seinemeyer, Meta (soprano)
13Don Carlo, Act IV: Tu che la vanita08:21
Weissmann, Frieder (Conductor)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra (Orchestra)
Seinemeyer, Meta (soprano)

Total Playing Time: 03:32:05